Stories of Compassion in Action
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Being Minneapolis: When a City Becomes a System of Care
How neighbors are transforming grief, fear, and injustice into courage, connection, and compassionate action—and inviting the world to learn alongside them. “We’ve been waiting for you for a long time.” That is how Matthew Cobb describes the welcome awaiting those who come to Minneapolis this August. It is not an invitation to visit the city as a spectator. It is an invitation to arrive with humility—to walk through places marked by grief, witness the work of healing, listen to those who have…
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Peace Through Unity Weekend
Four Days to Prove Peace Is Possible What would happen if humanity stopped killing for one day? Not someday. Not as an abstract ideal. Not after every conflict has been resolved. For one day—September 21, 2026. Twenty-five years ago, the United Nations declared that the International Day of […]

Can We Prove Peace Is Possible?
A 44-day journey from the streets of Minneapolis to a Global Pause for Peace From the streets of Minneapolis to communities across the Earth, people understand something essential: From the streets of Minneapolis to communities across the Earth, people understand something essential: we are not powerless. Our voices may […]

Every Citizen a Mayor
How the Global Mayors Academy is reimagining leadership as a shared capacity to help cities learn, cooperate, and regenerate “We call it the Global Mayors Academy, but essentially, it is about seeing every person in that city as the mayor.” With those words, Ferial Puren, […]




